To kick off Open Access Week 2023, we are pleased to interview with one of the open access journals in McGill Library’s scholarly publishing program: McGill Journal of Education. Keep an eye out for more interviews to come! Why do …
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A lot of ambiguity surrounds September’s “Caption This” image, a hilarious still from a theatrical performance at McGill. The description of this image in our digital archives is “Shots of McGill Faculty of Music production” and it was taken circa …
The new academic year has already started, with students appearing, and reappearing, on campus, using our ten different library locations, and the terrasses outside! The nervous smiles, the obvious pleasure at being welcomed to such a student-friendly space, shows that the …
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Make the Library your happy place during Homecoming! (Re)connect with the McGill community this fall with a masterclass, special events, branch tours, exhibits and more. Our 2023 Homecoming programming has something for everyone. We hope to see you there! Special …
We had a clear frontrunner for last month’s Caption This photo is from Marilyn Hayes. This photo, labelled as “Editor-in-Chief Annual ’32,” is from our McGill Archival collection. It is in fact a photo of Saul Hayes, then Editor in …
by Hugo Barsacq-Camard, Undergraduate Student Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection On the second floor of McGill’s Faculty Club, hangs a massive historical map that was printed in 1654. The lower two-thirds of the 225 x 200 cm engraving is a …
Student employment in the McGill Library benefits the entire McGill community. At 100+ strong this academic year, McGill Library student workers gain valuable work experience while engaging in academic pursuits. Student navigators, curatorial interns, special project assistants and student researchers …
Student Spotlight: Katie Carleton at the McGill University Archives Read More »
On April 4, McGill Library hosted an event dedicated to all things open! Nearly 50 students, researchers, and staff attended the event. Attendees learned about launching open access journals, sharing experiments, saving data, publishing registered reports among others. View presentations …
Join us for a free, half-day symposium dedicated to all things open! Open data, open access, open methods, and open science. Hear from researchers about how they integrate open into their practices. The event will take place Tuesday April 4, …
By Kiana Vakily, Museum Database Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection La Tarea, meaning “homework” in Spanish, is a print by Mexican artist Leticia Tarragó. Born in Veracruz in 1940, Tarragó first studied in Mexico City where, at the age of …
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